ND oil well blowout spews more than 23,000 gallons of crude

August 31, 2015

The Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — The state Health Department says a well blowout spewed more than 23,000 gallons of oil and 4,600 gallons of briny wastewater in Dunn County.

Environmental scientist Bill Suess says the blowout occurred Saturday morning at a well owned by XTO Energy Inc., about 18 miles southeast of Watford City. Suess says the company reported the spill to health officials on Sunday.

Suess says no one was injured and a state inspector is on site. He says no waterways or drinking water was affected.

Officials say most of the oil and brine had been recovered by Monday.

Suess says the impacted area appears to be about 15 acres, or an area the size of 15 football fields. He says the state is working with the company on a remediation plan.

It will be completely cleaned up…EPA will make sure of it. Reality is, without oil we wouldn’t have a lot of things. Alternative sources when you can but we will always use coal and oil. I prefer my car over a horse and love my natural gas furnace heat.

Also, so the Non Industry & Non Informed know. 18 miles southeast of Watford City looks like this. Not the suburbs or your back yard. A poorly cooked cheeseburger at McDonalds would be more dangerous! Lol

IT will get cleaned up 100% and create more jobs for a short period of time in the process the production company will pay for it so all you protesters might as well get back in your petroleum burning vehicles and go somewhere else to protest petroleum

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